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<blockquote data-quote="Veander" data-source="post: 3851506" data-attributes="member: 1693">It's the ENWorld messageboards, feel absolutely free to be pedantic.&nbsp; I find that if someone disagrees with you here they'll correct your grammar almost regularly.&nbsp; If we were talking about buying just the core books then I might understand, but that's clearly not the case.&nbsp; Using that same logic and only getting what you need, I suppose one could just download PDFs of the books and call it a free hobby aside from snacks.&nbsp; But if I'm going to get excited about all the support books, I'm going to have to think about buying many of those too.&nbsp; Forgotten Realms, the many Monster Manuals, etc.&nbsp; I'd hardly consider D&amp;D cheap.&nbsp; As an adult I like to invite people to my home and put them in a good environment, thus I need to up the rent just to have that extra room.&nbsp; Then we have to provide food and drinks, though I usually ask folks to bring their own beverages.&nbsp; If I'm a DM I really have to get aggressive with buying books because players will have any number of accessory books for their characters.&nbsp; I tend to buy the more popular ones like the Complete and Races books so I have a reference.&nbsp; Trust me, I don't mind spending the money, but to say D&amp;D is cheap is just wrong in my life.&nbsp; Maybe you can make it cheap (I know I did as a teen), but you could then make the same statement about video games (downloading them illegally) or some other hobbies.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Veander, post: 3851506, member: 1693"] It's the ENWorld messageboards, feel absolutely free to be pedantic. I find that if someone disagrees with you here they'll correct your grammar almost regularly. If we were talking about buying just the core books then I might understand, but that's clearly not the case. Using that same logic and only getting what you need, I suppose one could just download PDFs of the books and call it a free hobby aside from snacks. But if I'm going to get excited about all the support books, I'm going to have to think about buying many of those too. Forgotten Realms, the many Monster Manuals, etc. I'd hardly consider D&D cheap. As an adult I like to invite people to my home and put them in a good environment, thus I need to up the rent just to have that extra room. Then we have to provide food and drinks, though I usually ask folks to bring their own beverages. If I'm a DM I really have to get aggressive with buying books because players will have any number of accessory books for their characters. I tend to buy the more popular ones like the Complete and Races books so I have a reference. Trust me, I don't mind spending the money, but to say D&D is cheap is just wrong in my life. Maybe you can make it cheap (I know I did as a teen), but you could then make the same statement about video games (downloading them illegally) or some other hobbies. [/QUOTE]

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